Hamas seeks to restart Gaza ceasefire talks

In discussing the Gaza ceasefire Blockedthis Hamas Claims to have sent new “ideas” to mediators to end the war. Israel Said he was “assessing” the “comments” of the Palestinian Islamist movement before responding to the mediators (Egypt, Qatar, the United States).

Prelude to a new offensive?

But on July 2, Prime Minister Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Once again, the war will only end when its goals are “achieved”: “destroying Hamas and releasing all hostages.” 7 In October, Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel. Chief of Staff General Hertz Halevy admitted that it was “a long campaign” when speaking of the devastating offensive by the Israeli army. revenge It was launched by Israel in the small Palestinian territory with a large population.

In the southern Gaza Strip, tens of thousands of Palestinians are leaving eastern Rafah and of Khan Yunus was forced to leave again in search of water, food and shelter. When the temperature approaches 30 degrees, they will walk, take cars or pile up in trailer In the middle of the dusty ruins of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza’s largest city, troops were overrun, having withdrawn from the city in early April after a battle. Some moon.

Brief. The key to African news in your inbox

Receive 5 African news stories analysed by our journalists every week.

According to the United Nations, about 250,000 people were targeted when the army issued an evacuation order on July 1 following rocket attacks on Israel. 117 square kilometres, or a third of Palestinian territory, is “the largest since October, when residents of northern Gaza were ordered to evacuate in the first days of the war,” A Israel has not indicated whether it will launch a major new operation in the south, but its evacuation orders are usually of offensive.

(AFP report)